Securities and Exchange Board of India

    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Extends Mutual Fund Deadlines for Lowering Unlisted Debt Holdings

    By Editors | 30/04/2020

    Mutual funds will now have until 30 September to reduce their holdings of unlisted non-covertible debentures to 15% of assets, and until 31 December to reduce it to 10%.

    India Brings to Life Unified Regulator for IFSCs

    By Editors | 29/04/2020

    The new authority can now appoint members and employees, set up funds and apply tax exemptions, but other regulatory and supervisory powers have not yet taken effect.

    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Defers Margin Framework, Halves Broker Turnover Fees

    By Editors | 28/04/2020

    In addition, the filing fees on offer documents for public issues, rights issue and share buybacks have been reduced by 50 percent.

    AML / KYC

    SEBI Endorses Technology Use to Facilitate Online KYC

    By Editors | 27/04/2020

    The investor KYC process can be completed through websites or apps, which should include video-based ID verification, liveness checks, and electronic signatures and documents.

    Uncategorised

    SEBI Eases Buyback Rules to Enable ‘Quicker Access to Capital’

    By Editors | 26/04/2020

    Listed companies can raise additional capital after six months from the expiring of the buyback period, compared to one year previously.

    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Eases Mutual Fund Valuation Norms for Debt Securities

    By Editors | 26/04/2020

    Valuation agencies need not consider payment delays and maturity extensions resulting from Covid-19 as defaults when valuing money market and debt securities held by mutual funds.

    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Proposed Exemptions for Investors in Distressed Companies

    By Editors | 24/04/2020

    The regulator proposes to tweak its pricing rules for preferential share allotments, and to exempt investors in distressed companies from having to make a open offer.

    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Relaxes Fundraising Rules for Rights Issues, IPOs

    By Editors | 24/04/2020

    SEBI has lowered the market cap requirement for fast tracking rights issues and extended the amount of time companies have to launch a public issue once approval is granted.

    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Extends Short Selling, Volatility Curbs Until 28 May

    By Editors | 21/04/2020

    SEBI has extended March measures that tightened market-wide position limits, raised margin rates, and capped on index derivatives positions.

    Market Infrastructure

    India’s New Foreign Investment Rules ‘Discriminatory’, says China

    By Editors | 21/04/2020

    The additional barriers violate the WTO’s principle of non-discrimination, and go against the general trend of liberalisation and facilitation of trade and investment, says the Chinese Embassy in India.

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